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Colgate Park

Colgate Park from directly overhead

Colgate Park is a park in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Round Knob stands 304 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Falls of the Ohio State Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Indiana's Historic Pathways runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.27970, -85.75749

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 46
Museums: 26
Picnic sites: 7
  • Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic-in-the-Park Pavilions: 5.9 mi
  • Cedar Grove: 12.4 mi
Gardens: 5
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 2
  • Oldham County (Crestwood) Northbound Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • Bullitt County Welcome Center: 23.3 mi
Springs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Fairmont Falls Arch: 16.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fairmont Falls: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Colgate Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Round KnobNNW 342°304 m17.5 mi
Hickman HillWSW 254°302 m9.8 mi
Rock KnobN 354°291 m22.0 mi
Spickert KnobNW 310°289 m6.4 mi
Oak KnobN 352°288 m22.0 mi
Williams KnobNNW 332°282 m17.8 mi
Daisy HillNNW 328°282 m17.8 mi
Bowers KnobNNW 329°274 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:2019:55
June solstice06:2120:3121:11
September equinox07:3119:0719:42
December solstice07:5716:4517:27

Local time (America/Kentucky/Louisville).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353847586876797872604739
Precip in3.53.54.54.84.84.43.53.33.93.53.74.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Louisville Mcalpine, 2 mi away.

  • Canada Goose87 obs
  • American Robin69 obs
  • Mallard68 obs
  • Great Blue Heron55 obs
  • purple loosestrife49 obs
  • false indigo bush48 obs
  • Black Vulture46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel44 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/361616601

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